Douglas DC-8 N874C

22 September 1965 · Tampa, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 September 1965 at about 21:00 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N874C, operated by National Airlines, Inc, was involved in an incident during in flight near Tampa, Florida, United States. 26 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 September 1965 at 21:00
Classification: Incident
Location: Tampa, Florida, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N874C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: National Airlines, Inc
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 4-0041

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
26	0	0	0	26

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

RIGHT MAIN LDG GEAR DOWN-LOCK BUNGEE "UP-LOCK" FLEXIBLE HOSE, PLN 611053-4-6300 RUPTURED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 4-0041, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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